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4d ago

it’s not enough to build something, part 1

Some years ago, before I entered the industry, I had a minute disagreement with someone in the comments section of a Kotaku article. I was…

it’s not enough to build something, part 1

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Jun 1

have you heard of the wizard’s game?

According to the date of my first post, it was about seven months ago when I came up with The Wizard’s Game. The idea was simple: if you…

have you heard of the wizard’s game?

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Apr 27

digimon is one of the most important things in my life, and i will endeavor to tell you why

I’m going to try to do something that I find challenging, which is to tell you what I like about something and why.

digimon is one of the most important things in my life, and i will endeavor to tell you why

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Mar 29

why samurai are cooler than klingons

Before this, I used to climb cliffs, drive down to Southern Kansas and fly rockets, go skiing every once in a while. I’ve been whitewater…

why samurai are cooler than klingons

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Mar 1

a hundred dollar video game? yeah, right

So, a while back, I saw someone had the bright idea to say that a $100 video game was where games were headed. As someone who has done a…

a hundred dollar video game? yeah, right

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Feb 1

i completed 69+3 games in 2025, so here’s 81 reviews

Man. 2025, huh? I had some pretty big, bad things happen, which earned me a lot of burnout. My health is deteriorating, and I can’t afford…

i completed 69+3 games in 2025, so here’s 81 reviews

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Dec 28, 2025

okay here’s the one about planescape

Over the years, I have taken some commissions to write about various video games. One of those was to write about Planescape: Torment, and…

okay here’s the one about planescape

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Nov 10, 2025

some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games

think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.

some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games

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Oct 12, 2025

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

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Aug 31, 2025

the way of the gun: part 2 of building a better shooter

So! Last year, I wrote a thread on social media talking about how much I missed a specific style of first person shooter — they just don’t…

the way of the gun: part 2 of building a better shooter

Doc Burford

Doc Burford

I do some freelance work, game design consulting, and I’ve worked on games Hardspace: Shipbreakers and created games like Adios and Paratopic.

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